Eastern Ground Parrot

Also known as Pezoporus wallicus

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Pezoporus
Mass: 67
Image: Pezoporus wallicus -vegitation-8.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Pezoporus wallicus
Commons category: Pezoporus wallicus
Commons gallery: Pezoporus wallicus
taxon common name: periquito-terrestre-oriental
litter size: 3.5
egg incubation period: 21
CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES

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Encyclopedic overview

The ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) is a parrot endemic to Australia. It is one of only four ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being the closely related night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis), the Antipodes parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor), and the flightless kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) from New Zealand.

The colouration of the two Pezoporus species and the kākāpō is similar – yellowish green with darker barring, somewhat reminiscent of the head and back of the wild-type budgerigar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Ground Parrot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.